This morning Pam and I went to the beach really early (7am) Its a great time to go for a swim without getting the burn. Its also nice because you can be lazy and drive to Ocean Drive and park for free until 9am!
Its still very warm here highs in the upper 80s and lows of about 78.
In early august we went back to Baltimore for Gary and Suzie's wedding. Despite getting stuck in Atlanta we had a great time at the wedding! Then later that week Gary and Suzie came down to South Beach for their Honeymoon. We had a great meal at Sushi Samba. We also went to Mansion where Pam got a $7 bottle of water.
Jason and Sne ham it up for the camera (open bar!)
This is Steve by the way doing this post. I wanted to show you our "pet cats" They are actually stray cats that showed up a couple of weeks ago. They are very friendly and follow us around outside. Pam named the bigger one "Sean" and the little one "Patti" Very cute
Okaaaayyyy.... Well, what can I say? It's been nearly two months since the last post! A lot has happened. Steve and I began teaching at Fienberg Fisher K-8 Center. We have just finished our third week. I am teaching third grade and Steve is currently teaching 7th grade civics and intro. to computers. It's been a tough time for the middle school teachers since 7th grade is new to Fienberg Fisher. Scheduling has been a nightmare. Of course, the worst part is this is Steve's introduction into the world of teaching. Finally, in the second week of school, Steve and I both went to see the principal. His teaching position will be changing - not sure when - and he will be teaching 6th grade math and science instead. Sammy is still alive and seems to be tolerating the heat well. Back in August, our former neighbors and friends from Hampden, The Stacys, visited us here in South Beach. We had a great time. Eli and Willow are growing up fast. We all had a great time. We visited Monkey Jungle as well. Here Eli explains the art of arm pit farting. To be continued...
By the way! I didn't know this before, but you can click on all the images to make them bigger!
Last week we checked out a bit of the rare live music in Miami Beach. For some reason, Miami Beach has many great clubs, but not a lot of live music. This place called Jazid is different. They have live music downstairs and a DJ upstairs. The band we saw was Xperimento. There music is reggae-latin-funk. They are very talented musicians. Unfortunately, not my style of music. But it was still a lot of fun to hang out and see everyone having so much fun. We went with oru friends Liz, Marc, and John. (Here's a movie clip of the band.) Also, last week we were wandering around in the car trying to decide about office furniture. We happened upon Shorty's Bar-B-Q and we happened to be hungry. I remembered the name from a book about Miami and the Keys. They have some great BBQ - some of the best I've ever had. Steve and I had a full rack with some corn on the cob. The atmosphere is down home and casual. Prices not bad either. This past Saturday morning we attempted to go mountain biking at Markham Park. It got hot early and we got tired early too. But we had a nice short ride. We rode with our friends Martha and Derren. This past weekend we went to a cool Miami dance club - Cameo. We go there kind of late for getting in. (Usually it is recommended you get in line at a club before midnight. We arrived about 12:30AM.) We got in line though. After only about 30 minutes, we were in! It was a very cool club. Great music, great atmosphere! We danced and had fun. We left "early" at 2:30AM. (This is early by Miami standards. This club is open until 5AM I think. Some clubs stay open until sunrise - people are sure to bring their sunglasses to greet the sunrise!) Here is a video. Some photos are below.
Regarding Harry Potter: I received my copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows on Saturday. I finished the book yesterday. I'd give it a thumb and a half up. It is pretty good. The final chapter seems a bit unnecessary. It's worth reading if you've read all other books.
Today Steve and I went windsurfing for the first time. I was pretty nervous to start since I seem to have terrible balance when it comes to all things surfboard-like (e.g. skateboarding, snowboarding, etc.). We had a very good teacher - Jerry - at Sailboards Miami. It is just on the Rickenbacker Causeway, on Virginia Key, on your way to Key Biscayne. (If you click on the map, it takes you to an interactive one.) It turns out the winds were in our favor. Also, I managed to do pretty well. I only fell off twice! Steve did very well also. Below are some pictures. The last photo is of Jerry giving one of the kids a few tips. It was a lot of fun! We are planning on going back for more practice. The great thing about this area is that it is about 5-10 minutes from home!
